Three schools in France were evacuated Thursday following bomb alerts, which were later found to be false, French media reported. According to French daily Le Parisien, the evacuations took place at three educational institutions in Marseille in southern France, in Morez in eastern France, and Laon, a town in northeastern France.

The French Ministry of National Education confirmed to Le Parisien that three bomb alerts were reported on Thursday, but ruled out any "mass phenomenon." President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France was "very vigilant" in the face of the "epidemic of bomb alerts and threats."